Regional Act No. 19 setting up the Basin Authority of Puglia. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Puglia Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Puglia No. 156, 9 December 2002 Subject Water Keyword River basin institution Policy/planning Basin/catchment/watershed Governance Inland waters Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Act provides for the establishment of the Basin Authority of the Puglia Region, which shall operate in accordance with the principles contained in Act No. 183 of 1989. The Authority shall coordinate and monitor the planning activities relating to all regional hydrographic basins as well as the interregional basin of the river Ofanto. All actions intended to protect, improve, safeguard and ensure the rational exploitation of soil and water resources shall be defined in the basin plans (art. 9). Full text Italian Website www.regione.puglia.it References - Legislation Implements Act No. 183 concerning the organizational and functional restructuring of land conservation. Legislation | Italy | 1989 Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Classification/declassification, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Policy/planning, River basin institution, EIA, Freshwater resources management, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX